Exam 4: Deviance 2.0: The Role of the Media

In Canada there are _____ media giants that control the majority of Canadian media sources.

When studying media use, it is found that increasingly people are using more than one form of media at a time. This is known as:

What type of research question is most likely posed by someone conducting research in media studies using a critical lens?

A young boy watched years of violence on television as a child. In his young adulthood he ended up becoming a school shooter and violently murdering 6 people at his high school. This example would best be researched and understood using a _____________ study.

Canadians use media on average

Adopting a critical approach, discuss how the media is involved in the construction of deviance by selecting an example and describing how individuals are influenced by the media in our perceptions of normal / deviant.

Framing racial and ethnic minorities implicates 3 out of 4 of the social levels (individual, interpersonal and socio-cultural).

Analyze the impact of a 'frame' that depicts a marginalized group in a particular manner in the media. Outline the various ways that this group is displayed and the overall social impact of this framing.

Based on the research conducted by Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada in 2015, the total amount of time Canadians spend using media __________ when considering the impact of simulmedia use.

Describe the five hacker subculture normative orders.

Which of the following examples would fit into Greer and Jewkes' definition of 'absolute other'?

The top website used by Canadian youth is Facebook.

'Media' includes print, radio, websites, smart phone apps, blogs, etc.

Which of the following is not one of the generic frames discussed in the media coverage of various marginalized groups (i.e. race / ethnic groups)?

Stuart Hall would argue that _______ is an important issue for minority youth, as it influences their identity formation.

Tim Horton's' commercials focused on the emotional connection of communities across Canada would be an example of advertising for affectively based products.

In 2015, 6 corporations held the majority of media power globally.

Advertising's main effectiveness is in the fact that:

According to Jackson Katz, the media is the most powerful 'pedagogical force' of our time.

One of the biggest issues to having misrepresentations continually in the media of various ethnic backgrounds is that the young members of that society are socialized to believe that those characteristics are truth.